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hamas says to israel: i dare you. president obama talking to the egyptian president about preventing an all-out war between hamas and israel. the white house says the president told the egyptian leader: it's crucial for hamas militants to stop firing rockets into israel. this video from hamas. supposedly showing some of today's rocket launches. fox news can't independently verify it. hamas reports it fired more than 100 rockets today alone but police say none caused any injuries. [explosion] >> shepard: israel firing back with air strikes. there are reports of new explosions tonight, meaning overnight in gaza. officials say three israelis in more than 100 palestinians have died in the past six days. the white house also says that president obama called the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today toll get update on the crisis. aides expressed regret to both the israeli and egyptian leaders for casualties on both sides of the border. we have team fox coverage tonight. jonathan hunt at the united nations. first t
hamas says to israel: i dare you. president obama talking to the egyptian president about preventing an all-out war between hamas and israel. the white house says the president told the egyptian leader: it's crucial for hamas militants to stop firing rockets into israel. this video from hamas. supposedly showing some of today's rocket launches. fox news can't independently verify it. hamas reports it fired more than 100 rockets today alone but police say none caused any injuries. [explosion]...
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bill: the leader of hamas speaking in israel says israel and benjamin netanyahu is bluffing. what do you say to that? >> i think benjamin netanyahu is determined to protect us. i think hamas who started without any provocation, the full big rounds is killing its own children by hiding missile launchers within hospitals and kindergartens. this is a new sinister tactic. they are killing their own children in order to kill israelis. we have to stop it. i hope and believe prime minister netanyahu will protect the israeli nation. bill: you said what the israelis and netanyahu want is to make sure hamas can no longer fire any of these rockets. at this point in the conflict how close can you say israel has come to eliminating that threat? >> we made some good progress. we have taken out hundreds of missile launchers and a tremendous amount of infrastructure. terror infrastructure. also fortunately the head of the terror organization was killed. however, that's not enough. if we just pull out and have some sort of cease-fire, within a few days they will get organized and start shooti
bill: the leader of hamas speaking in israel says israel and benjamin netanyahu is bluffing. what do you say to that? >> i think benjamin netanyahu is determined to protect us. i think hamas who started without any provocation, the full big rounds is killing its own children by hiding missile launchers within hospitals and kindergartens. this is a new sinister tactic. they are killing their own children in order to kill israelis. we have to stop it. i hope and believe prime minister...
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what does israel want? israel wants hamas to stop firing rockets, especially the long-range rockets, at their populations. certainly there's a good exchange there. but what it's going to take is egyptians or somebody, egyptians are going to be it, providing the security and the guarantees on such an agreement. that's very hard for the egyptians to do. they don't want to be responsible for gaza. so we're going to have to provide -- somebody is going to have to provide inducement for them to do so. i think that's the broad outlines of a cease-fire. a long-term cease-fire. i think it's very doable. >> think about the implications of that. it means the good exchange he talks about is israel stops doing what's legal and that is a blockade and killing terrorists, in exchange for hamas stop doing a double war crime. that's not the way the world should operate. >> let's talk about what is in israel's benefit. what is in israel's benefit and what is the alternative shimon peres was asking about was recognizing they
what does israel want? israel wants hamas to stop firing rockets, especially the long-range rockets, at their populations. certainly there's a good exchange there. but what it's going to take is egyptians or somebody, egyptians are going to be it, providing the security and the guarantees on such an agreement. that's very hard for the egyptians to do. they don't want to be responsible for gaza. so we're going to have to provide -- somebody is going to have to provide inducement for them to do...
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the world watching how the events unfold in israel. bank of israel governor stan fischer is with me now with reaction. good to have you on the program. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, maria. >> what can you tell us about what's happening on the ground right now? how are you, the environment that you are in, talk of a cease fire, what are you hearing on the ground, stan? >> well, we just follow the news from you and from others, and it looks like this is going to be postponed for at least a day. but in terms of what's happening in the economy, which of course we follow very closely, it depends how long it goes on. so far there are no major impacts. the financial markets are very stable. there are no big movements. the stock market's pretty stable, and if this ends in a day or two, we'll come out of it without much impact on the economy despite all the very difficult scenes that we're seeing at the moment. >> stan, last week you said the israeli economy may grow faster than the 3% next year many were expecting. are you sticking with
the world watching how the events unfold in israel. bank of israel governor stan fischer is with me now with reaction. good to have you on the program. thanks for joining us. >> thank you, maria. >> what can you tell us about what's happening on the ground right now? how are you, the environment that you are in, talk of a cease fire, what are you hearing on the ground, stan? >> well, we just follow the news from you and from others, and it looks like this is going to be...
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so it doesn't seem like they actually reached across the border into israel and actually land in israel. we've seen explosions really over the last several hours, though not as active as we saw last night, but it was a very busy day here in gaza, a day -- deadly day as well. take a look. [ sirens ] >> day six of the battle between hamas and israeli defense forces. day six of rockets crisscrossing the border, despite efforts to broker a cease-fire, the specter of israel ground invasion is still very real. this strike occurred monday around 2:00 a.m. when we were live on cnn. also two media centers -- whoa! that was a rather large explosion. that occurred, just look out here, i can't actually see where the impact of that was. it's actually set off a number of car alarms but that was probably the largest explosion that we've heard just in the past -- really in the past hour. by daylight, the results of that strike were clear. and this is the results of the explosion that we witnessed last night. it's the police station or a police station in gaza city. local people say it was still being b
so it doesn't seem like they actually reached across the border into israel and actually land in israel. we've seen explosions really over the last several hours, though not as active as we saw last night, but it was a very busy day here in gaza, a day -- deadly day as well. take a look. [ sirens ] >> day six of the battle between hamas and israeli defense forces. day six of rockets crisscrossing the border, despite efforts to broker a cease-fire, the specter of israel ground invasion is...
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have actually struck israel. another 307 have been intercepted by israel's so-called iron dome defense system. meanwhile, israel carried out 80 strikes today. it has now targeted 1,300 sites in gaza since it began its bombing campaign last wednesday. ben wedeman is in gaza city tonight. ben, how are civilians dealing with this conflict? some of those numbers we hear, 870 people injured are frightening. >> yeah, they're not dealing very well with it. it's a very difficult situation. you have to keep in mind, erin, that here in gaza, they don't have early warning systems. they don't have bomb shelters. they don't have an iron dome system to protect them. so, they feel very exposed. don't see a lot of people out in the street. when they do go out, they do it so very quickly. they get supplies. and really, they're just watching the television. listening to the news. awaiting to see if israel is going to go ahead with its ground incursion because as difficult as the situation is now, it will become much, much worse if
have actually struck israel. another 307 have been intercepted by israel's so-called iron dome defense system. meanwhile, israel carried out 80 strikes today. it has now targeted 1,300 sites in gaza since it began its bombing campaign last wednesday. ben wedeman is in gaza city tonight. ben, how are civilians dealing with this conflict? some of those numbers we hear, 870 people injured are frightening. >> yeah, they're not dealing very well with it. it's a very difficult situation. you...
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you know invading and holding on to gaza is a nightmare for israel. it's a warren of groups, refugee camps, buried weapons caches. the israelis do not want to go back in with a ground force. there's no benefit from it. but on the other hand, if hamas is going to continue these rocket attacks, they're going to have to. but i think at the end of the day, what hamas would like to do is draw sympathy for the palestinians and draw the support of countries like egypt. you know, what's left of syria, jordan and the rest of it. i think they are continuing to look for some sort of arab backing, hoping to get something out of it. >> ben, i want to ask you, i talked to the foreign ministry spokesman earlier and asked him, he sort of demurred on the answer. does hamas come out of this stronger than they were before and stronger than the palestinian group which controls the west bank? >> certainly. if you look at the experience of the last 20 years, yes, it probably will. you look at hezbollah after the 2006 war, they emerged stronger. hamas came out of the operat
you know invading and holding on to gaza is a nightmare for israel. it's a warren of groups, refugee camps, buried weapons caches. the israelis do not want to go back in with a ground force. there's no benefit from it. but on the other hand, if hamas is going to continue these rocket attacks, they're going to have to. but i think at the end of the day, what hamas would like to do is draw sympathy for the palestinians and draw the support of countries like egypt. you know, what's left of syria,...
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, a spy for israel. there's a lot of suspicion here about people who may be working for israel sending out information about potential targets, but a very disturbing scene and one that really brings -- gives you a sense of the tenseness and the gravity of the situation here and the hard feelings on the ground here. >> can you give us a sense of the damage in gaza city? >> reporter: well, you know, everywhere you go you can find damage, you know, just looking out from where i am now, about four blocks away is the media center which we saw being hit twice, once on sunday by three rockets yesterday in which a member of islamic jihad was killed as well as one other person who was in the building. a few blocks away another building was hit. shortly after that blast, then later on yesterday a bank was hit just a few blocks away. so it's not too hard to find buildings that have been hit. there's not, you know -- it's not indiscriminate and massive destruction like you would see in sarajevo where shells were bei
, a spy for israel. there's a lot of suspicion here about people who may be working for israel sending out information about potential targets, but a very disturbing scene and one that really brings -- gives you a sense of the tenseness and the gravity of the situation here and the hard feelings on the ground here. >> can you give us a sense of the damage in gaza city? >> reporter: well, you know, everywhere you go you can find damage, you know, just looking out from where i am now,...
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wants security for israel. you obviously want security for israel. improved conditions for the palestinians in gaza. and eventually a comprehensive peace. but the improved conditions for palestinians in gaza, is israel under -- if there were security, if there was a period of calm prepared to improve the lives of the million plus palestinians who are struggling in gaza? what are you prepared to do to improve their condition? >> here you have to put cause and effect in the right sequence. because when we pulled out of the gaza strip in 2005 and we took down all our settlements, you were here, you covered that story, wolf. the hope was we pull out of gaza and then israel and gaza can have a new set of relationships, there can be trade and tourism and people go back and forth. we impose restrictions only because of the hostility, because of the violence, because of the missiles after hamas took over. >> so if the missiles and the rockets stop, will you take steps to improve the lives of the palestinians in gaza? >> we've already been taking those steps.
wants security for israel. you obviously want security for israel. improved conditions for the palestinians in gaza. and eventually a comprehensive peace. but the improved conditions for palestinians in gaza, is israel under -- if there were security, if there was a period of calm prepared to improve the lives of the million plus palestinians who are struggling in gaza? what are you prepared to do to improve their condition? >> here you have to put cause and effect in the right sequence....
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and israel. and then, she will then go to egypt and talk with egypt's president mohamed mursi and egypt is taking the lead in this negotiation with hamas. so u.s. believes that egypt is playing a very concrete and positive role, and so it looks like all sides are prepared to give some more time for diplomacy to be worked out. >> christiane, what's your sense of the american role in this decision to halt the ground invasion? obviously, like you said, it would have been very unseemly had it been done while hillary clinton was on the ground there. but is she going because there has been progress? or is she going because she needs to break some sort of stalema stalemate? >> well, probably to lend support, and to, you know, put the u.s. point of view, and to, as they say, look face-to-face at the counterparts and be there in the room with them. this is a very critical time. everybody in this region knows it. of course, everybody in the u.s. knows, too, that the last thing you want is to see a massive
and israel. and then, she will then go to egypt and talk with egypt's president mohamed mursi and egypt is taking the lead in this negotiation with hamas. so u.s. believes that egypt is playing a very concrete and positive role, and so it looks like all sides are prepared to give some more time for diplomacy to be worked out. >> christiane, what's your sense of the american role in this decision to halt the ground invasion? obviously, like you said, it would have been very unseemly had it...